What to get

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thatrandomfishkeeper

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I'm at that point where I dont know what to get now... :confused:
I have a 5 x 1.5ft base 100 gallon aquarium and I want to see what yall think I should get next.
Current stock
1x senegal
2x delhezi
1x ornate
1x palmas polli
1x endlicheri
All of them are cb and between the 7ish and 12 inch mark
Ill get pictures up once I get my new filter in and I get the pfs changed to black sand. :D

On a side note, is there anything I can do to get rid of snails?

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thatrandomfishkeeper said:
I'm at that point where I dont know what to get now... :confused:
I have a 5 x 1.5ft base 100 gallon aquarium and I want to see what yall think I should get next.
Current stock
1x senegal
2x delhezi
1x ornate
1x palmas polli
1x endlicheri
All of them are cb and between the 7ish and 12 inch mark
Ill get pictures up once I get my new filter in and I get the pfs changed to black sand. :D

On a side note, is there anything I can do to get rid of snails?

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You'll eventually be short on space with the endli and ornate, but thats only an excuse to up upgrade lol. I think you should get a palmas palmas I have no idea how you don't have one by now. I have 4 and I am not showing any signs of stopping haha. As far as the snails I just went down to FishGallery and bought some assassin snails. While it doesn't look like they do much after a couple of weeks you start seeing the shells of dead snails stacking up in your tank. Crushing everyone you see probably would hurt either, but for me thats too much work. You could just get a plastic tub and keep your fish in there while you drain and wash out the snails. Another thing to think about is the snails break down and extra food and most times keep planaria away and for me started eating the algae in the back of the tank I couldn't reach so I ended up leave a couple. You could also add other fish to eat them like clown loaches (i've heard they're pretty good at it), I tried gouramis and they ate them for a little bit then lost interest. Theres a lot of ways to get rid of them so pretty much what ever is easier for you.
 
Dr.B said:
You'll eventually be short on space with the endli and ornate, but thats only an excuse to up upgrade lol. I think you should get a palmas palmas I have no idea how you don't have one by now. I have 4 and I am not showing any signs of stopping haha. As far as the snails I just went down to FishGallery and bought some assassin snails. While it doesn't look like they do much after a couple of weeks you start seeing the shells of dead snails stacking up in your tank. Crushing everyone you see probably would hurt either, but for me thats too much work. You could just get a plastic tub and keep your fish in there while you drain and wash out the snails. Another thing to think about is the snails break down and extra food and most times keep planaria away and for me started eating the algae in the back of the tank I couldn't reach so I ended up leave a couple. You could also add other fish to eat them like clown loaches (i've heard they're pretty good at it), I tried gouramis and they ate them for a little bit then lost interest. Theres a lot of ways to get rid of them so pretty much what ever is easier for you.
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I cant upgrade is the problem :/ parents won't allow it and my car isn't big enough to drag a 200 home in hopes that my parents would be forgiving... :( if it is necessary to rehome, I will, but as it stands, this is the tank I'm stuck with.

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thatrandomfishkeeper said:
I cant upgrade is the problem :/ parents won't allow it and my car isn't big enough to drag a 200 home in hopes that my parents would be forgiving... :( if it is necessary to rehome, I will, but as it stands, this is the tank I'm stuck with.
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For now.... so prepare for the next step, get large filtration to handle a bigger tank. Most likely parents would not notice or mind that.
 
DMD123 said:
For now.... so prepare for the next step, get large filtration to handle a bigger tank. Most likely parents would not notice or mind that.
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I'm ordering an API Filstar XP XL that is fit for 265 gallons and filters 450gph, that along with the magnum 350 I currently have should be enough.

Edit: I think the mother is going to help me convince the other parental unit to let me get a larger aquarium.

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What to get? Start by looking at tank size and filtration. Filtration can be upgraded but not tank size as you state. You are limited by the 18" width so stay away from lower jaws along with weeksii and ornate
That said add more of the other upper jaws. Lots of variations if you look around, eg Delhezi patterns. Knowing and keeping within limitations are a challenge for us all
 
Now that I think of it you could try and go after some mokelembembe even at full grown size they'd be almost half 18"
 
Working on pushing for a (225?) 6' wide, 2.5' deep I think and 2' tall. That should allow me to keep anything apart from a congicus correct?

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thatrandomfishkeeper said:
Working on pushing for a (225?) 6' wide, 2.5' deep I think and 2' tall. That should allow me to keep anything apart from a congicus correct?

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yeah pretty much, if you wanted to you could actually fit congicus in there you'd just want to watch and when it gets larger that it has the space and make sure it doesn't eat the other smaller polys
 
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